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Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, and Boris Rossinsky (1884-1977), pioneer aviator, meeting at the Moscow House of Scientists in 1963. Yuri Gagarin (right) was the first human to travel to space on board the Vostok 1 spacecraft on April 12, 1961. Rossinsky was an early pioneer of Russian aviation.